question is he too soft on iran and too hard on israel? >> first of all, here is what i predict will happen. when we get close to the hearings he will go and do the courtesy calls on the senate, he goes office to office to office to see each senator. these guys very good at letting the senator who will decide soften things up and he will walk back some of the comments, and when it is offer there will be less white hot opposition. >> can we talk about liw. did you hear jeff sessions lighting into him saying his testimony was a lie on capitol hill before sessions committee. >> i think, though, that lew will be confirmed. there is opposition to him on policy there is not the opposition that hagel is facing. i know lew. he is a good guy. the problem is he is fronting for policies that are not dealing with the debt or the deficit. >> another gold man sacks guy who made a lot of money while the company was being raped. the real problem with lew, he represents the president's worst instincts, he scuttled the deal in 2011 by the introduction of mo